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''The astounding thing is that the great German people—educated, scientific, philosophical and romantic—not only did not resent [the Nazis'] horrible blood bath but endorsed it and acclaimed its author with the honors not only of a sovereign but almost of a god.

"Although no subsequent political action can condone wrong deeds or remove the guilt of blood, history is replete with examples of men who have risen to power by employing stern, grim, wicked, even frightful methods, but who nevertheless, when their life is revealed as a whole, bave been regarded as great figures...

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MICHAEL BREEN, vice president of the Truman Project, a national security leadership institute, on the possible outcome of the U.S. and Israel's tough stance on Iran's nuclear program
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